The right use of color can do what?
Maximize Productivity, Minimize visual fatigue, and relax the whole body.
Within the electromagnetic spectrum, which waves allow us to see color?
Visible Light.
Describe white light?
All the colors in the visible light spectrum.
How do we see color if objects "have no color of their own"?
They absorb or reflect certain colors which reach the human eye.
What is a glass prism?
a transparent triangular object that breaks white light into all the colors.
What seven colors result when white light is refracted through a prism?
Red, Orange, Yellow, green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet.
Describe hue?
The actual color.
When does white light occur?
When all the wavelengths are reflected back to your eye.
When does black light occur?
When no light is reflected to your eye.
How color is perceived depends on what?
The type of light it is seen with.
What is a color wheel?
visual tool that shows the relationship between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
What are primary colors? Name them?
Red, Yellow, and Blue.
What are secondary colors? Name them?
Orange, Green, and Violet.
What are tertiary colors? Name them?
Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, Red-Violet.
What are neutral colors? How can they be created?
Colors that do not show up on the color wheel and have very low saturation.
How can a neutral color help a design?
They help to put the focus on other colors.
What are complementary colors? Name them?
colors positioned on opposite ends of the color wheel.
Red/Green, Orange/Blue, Yellow/Violet.
What is color value?
Lightness or darkness of the hue.
What is a shade?
adding black to a hue, making it a lower value color.
What is a tint?
adding white to a hue, making it a higher value color.
What is saturation/intensity?
Brightness of a color. Color is a t full intensity when not mixed with black or white.
What happens when you mix complementary colors together?
it produces a dull tone, yet putting them together increases their intensity.
Describe color harmony?
Pleasing to the eye, engages the viewer.
What is a color scheme?
used to create style and appeal.
Describe a monochromatic color scheme?
It uses tints and shades of one color only.
Describe an analogous color scheme?
Uses three colors adjacent from each other on the color wheel.
Describe a complementary color scheme?
Uses two colors opposite of each other on the color wheel.
Describe a split-complementary color scheme?
Uses three colors: 1 color, and the 2 adjacent to its complement.
Describe a triadic color scheme?
Uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel.
What colors are considered to be warm colors?
Reds, Oranges, and yellows.
Describe a warm color scheme?
Bold and energetic, yet welcoming. Subjects with a warm color scheme will stand out.
What colors are considered to be cool colors?
Greens, Blues, and Violets.
Describe a cool color scheme?
Gives and impression of calm, and rarely overpowers the message of a design.
Why is important to consider which colors are being used within a design?The right colors will gain the most desired response.
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